New Gas Power Plants Now 3.5× Costlier Than Years Ago
$3620/kW for a massive new gas power complex. Combined cycle power plants are apparently now are 3.5x more expensive than they were just a few years ago, even when building multiple at one site (with govt backing). Rethink the idea that new gas is a cheap (or quick) path to power
War‑Driven Energy Shock Pushes Importers Toward Alternatives
As the outbreak of a regional war disrupts global energy markets for the second time in four years, oil & gas importing countries will be motivated to find alternatives; coal, nuclear, renewables and EVs alike, as @bradplumer & Rebecca Elliott...
Affordable, Reformed Electricity Rates Crucial for Heat Pump Adoption
I made a thing: https://t.co/uFVjRvBFVv By which I mean I told Claude to make a thing. The economics of heat pumps are very challenging in a country that has cheap gas and where policy makers load retail electricity rates with a whole...
Iran War Cripples Hormuz, Triggers Unprecedented Oil Shock
"The biggest supply disruption in history." The war in Iran has closed the straight of Hormuz, damaged energy infrastructure across the region, and sent shockwaves across the global oil & gas industry. It's so big, it's hard to get your...
AI Boom Revives Abandoned Biden-Era Battery Factories
Under Biden-era industrial policy, the US was building a domestic battery industry at record pace to supply the growing market for US-built EVs. The GOP axed the policies driving EV demand, making most of those battery plants unnecessary. Now, in...
Robust Optimization Highlights Transmission’s Untapped Grid Potential
Rapid demand growth is straining the electric grid—and the planning models used to expand it may be making things worse. Current deterministic approaches to grid planning systematically undervalue opportunities to build assets that are robust and adaptable to the many...
Texas Leads U.S. in Renewable and Battery Power
Texas Is showing Trump what "American Energy Dominance" looks like: Texas leads America in solar, wind, and now batteries too. And yes, natural gas.
Trump Should Launch TRUMP Program for Resilient National Grid
For his next move, Trump should create a muscular Transmission Resilience & U.S. Modernization Program (TRUMP) to plan, finance and then solicit competitive bids to build out the Trump Interstate Electricity System (high voltage backbone grid for resilience & industrial...
America Must Embrace Its Cheapest, Fastest‑growing Energy Source
It's also the correct one. "American Energy Dominance" can't ignore one of the cheapest and fastest growing sources of American energy.
Google Powers Data Center with 1.5GW Renewables, Iron‑air Storage
.@Google taps @XcelEnergyMN to supply data center with 1200 MW wind, 200 MW solar and 300 MW / 30 GWh @FormEnergyInc iron-air batteries, through new BYONCE (bring your own new clean electricity) tariff construct. https://t.co/iW5Xx4FZnx Google will also pay for all...
On‑site Fossil Power Becomes Liability; Choose Clean Grid Solutions
On-site fossil generation is quickly becoming a big liability for data center developers. At Firma Power, we're supplying clean power solutions for grid connected data centers and a real alternative to this polluting path to power.
Google Secures 150 MW Geothermal Power via Nevada Clean Tariff
Google signs 150 MW deal via NV Energy Clean Transition Tariff for a portfolio of new geothermal projects to be developed by Ormat https://t.co/7hsKR2PAsk #BYONCE (bring your own new clean electricity)
Next‑gen Batteries Double Energy, Cement EV Dominance
Anyone betting against EVs is betting on a loser... Lithium Manganese semi solid state battery with 2x the energy density of current Li-ion cells. https://t.co/6nLPvZFsgm Battery tech and electric motors are the new prime mover of the 21st century. And they're...